- Membership: 189 countries
- Headquarters: Washington, D.C.
- Executive Board: 24 Directors each representing a single country or a group of countries
- Staff: Approximately 2,700 from 148 countries
- Total quotas: US$668 billion (as of 9/13/16)
- Additional pledged or committed resources: US$ 668 billion
- Committed amounts under current lending arrangements (as of 9/8/16):US$159 billion, of which US$144 billion have not been drawn
- Biggest borrowers (amounts outstanding as of 8/31/16): Portugal, Greece, Ukraine, Pakistan
- Biggest precautionary loans (amount agreed as of 9/8/16): Mexico, Poland, Colombia, Morocco
- Surveillance consultations: 130 consultations in 2013 and 132 in 2014, and 124 in 2015
- Capacity development: 274 person years in FY2013, 285 in FY2014, and 288 in FY2015
- promote international monetary cooperation;
- facilitate the expansion and balanced growth of international trade;
- promote exchange stability;
- assist in the establishment of a multilateral system of payments; and
- make resources available (with adequate safeguards) to members experiencing balance of payments difficulties.
International Monetary Fund
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